A collective bright tone sounded through the minds of everyone present in the aula. The tone was typical as a request for silence, emptying the minds to a blank state of general receptiveness, and the start of the course, all in one. It would be a lesson directed by a docent, capable in mind transference to a large group of people, all at once. “Welcome, eve...
The two men immediately froze when Steve pointed the handgun at them. Steve risked a few quick glances around to determine if the two had any companions somewhere close. He saw no one else. By this time the girls were awake. Roxie was struggling to pull her shirt on while Sam clung to her. Steve carefully stood as he studied the two men. They didn't look li...
Throughout the world, researchers had gathered to review the findings of their fellow researchers and discuss what to do with the data presented. Begrudgingly they had agreed to hear an outsider speak. Many of them feared the woman walking towards the podium, if she could truly be called a woman was even part of the debate. Her ears set high on her head twit...
You're not thinking about going to Paris without Charlie and me, are you?" asked Jordan as soon as Gwen had announced her intentions. "Oh, Jordan! I hate to ask anyone to go to funerals. This isn't going to be a fun, romantic trip," pointed out Gwen. "If you'd like to come with us, we'd be extremely glad to have you! I should've known that you'd want to hel...
Sometimes things happen for absolutely no reason at all. When we least expect it, something or someone drops in our lap and changes our life forever. Such is the case with Lorey just happening to be where I was a couple weeks ago. Let me set the background a little. My life has had its share of ups and downs. For the past few years, more downs than ups. Af...
I don't know what happened. Maybe I wasn't the lover that she had dreamed of. Maybe I didn't listen carefully enough when she needed to vent. Maybe I hadn't sent enough flowers or call often enough. Maybe, just maybe, she met someone new. Whatever the cause, I was single and as lonely as hell. It was time to get away and go someplace my ex and I had ne...
The next day, Jane signed the decree calling the general elections. Only two parties competed: the "Blue" party, which was a full member of the Liberal International and a Socialist International observer; and the "Red" party, which was a full member of the Socialist International and a Liberal International observer. The night before the elections, Jane we...
The agent was worried. The KGB agent was lying next to her - she had taken him by surprise. He was meant to shadow the snipers, to ensure no one else was watching their operation. She just hoped no one was watching the watcher. From the top of a building two blocks away she scoped into the target, a warehouse in eastern Ukraine. Three squads of soldiers...
The 2020's saw much of the world collapse in on itself, most of the misfortune landing at the feet of the globe's poorest areas. **** weather battered Latin America: earthquakes shook the Andes, cyclones battered the Caribbean, drought and **** heat devastated central America, and crop failures hit South America. In the Middle East it was war: fighting betwe...
I made my way to the airport, and as always, it was packed like crazy. Luckily I was able to immediately join the line when I got there. There were about half a dozen people in front of me, and after nearly an hour, that doubled, as most of the people were holding the spot for others in their family. I showed my passport and ticket itinerary to the beautiful...